Cleveland Museum of Art
Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu)
Yueshan Daozong (Chinese, 1629–1709) · c. 1660–1709
The Ōbaku school of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism was founded in Japan by Chinese monks in the 1600s. The monk Yueshan emigrated from the Chinese province of Fujian to serve as priest and later abbot at Manpukuji, the headquarters of the Ōbaku school in Japan.
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